May 2, 2023¶
The Honorable Christopher Wray Director¶
Federal Bureau of Investigation¶
Washington, D.C. 20535¶
Michael E. Horowitz¶
Inspector General¶
U.S. Department of Justice¶
The Honorable Merrick B. Garland¶
Attorney General¶
U.S. Department of Justice¶
NW¶
Washington, D.C. 20530¶
Washington, D.C. 20530¶
Via Email and U.S. Mail¶
Dear Director Wray, Inspector General Horowitz, and Attorney General Garland:¶
As counsel to many survivors of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking conspiracy, we write regarding the failure of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to properly, adequately, or timely investigate the sex trafficking of hundreds of girls and young women. The FBI utterly failed to investigate serious allegations involving Epstein’s, and perhaps others’ , child sex abuse materials (CSAM), significant additional criminality which, until recently, has been disregarded, disrespected, and essentially denied.¶
As detailed below, in August of 1996 one of our clients, reported to the FBI that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell had sexually abused her and that the two of them, together with others, were committing multiple, serious, sexual abuse crimes, including hands-on sexual abuse, against minors and¶
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vulnerable young women. In addition, she reported to the FBI that Epstein, and perhaps others, appeared to be engaged in the production, possession, and distribution of sexually suggestive or exploitative images of children that could constitute CSAM. See Exhibits (Exs.) 1,2,and 3.¶
In 2005, child erotica was found in Epstein’s Palm Beach home. In approximately 2008, law enforcement “prematurely” truncated their investigation of Epstein’s computer hard drives which had been suspiciously removed from his Palm Beach estate immediately before a police raid. See infra p. 7. In 2019, more child erotica was found displayed in Epstein’s properties, with additional images located in his home safe. See infra p. 9. Recently, for the first time. Epstein’s possible connection to CSAM has been acknowledged – in ongoing federal litigation in New York, the Epstein Estate alerted the parties and the court about the possible existence of CSAM among images the Estate just discovered. Exs. 4 and 5. Last week, it was revealed that Epstein maintained government contacts at the highest level, including William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, who had three meetings scheduled with Epstein in 2014. Jeffrey Epstein’s Private Calendar: CIA Director William Burns, Goldman Sachs’s Top Lawyer, Noam Chomsky - WSJ.¶
As detailed below, in response to Ms. clear-eyed, prescient report, and despite subsequent repeated red flags that Epstein trafficked girls and collected sexualized images of children, the FBI appears, for years, to have done little to investigate and prosecute Epstein’s sex trafficking, and, to date, done nothing regarding reports of possible CSAM.¶
In order to ensure the fair and equitable dispensation of justice and accountability, we call on the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the Attorney General to conduct a comprehensive investigation to determine why there was and remains such abject failure to timely investigate, expose, and prosecute this unprecedented, decades-long criminal conspiracy which included not only the sexual trafficking of young women and girls, but also the possession and likely production, distribution, transportation and distribution of possible CSAM as well.¶
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